Employees of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel have reported seeing some rare phenomena. Nadav Israeli spotted a white rainbow in the Galilee on Feb 8, and then Amir Balaban noticed a green-antlered Dorcas gazelle in the … Continue reading →

Israeli archers won 2 individual golds, a team gold and 3 silvers at the European Indoor Archery Championships. Israel’s four young fencers won the Team Cadet European Championships in foil. And gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won silver in the floor exercise … Continue reading →

Unseeded Israeli Lina Glushko won both the singles and doubles titles at the WIPHOLD International tennis tournament in Pretoria, South Africa. In the doubles Lina partnered Czechia’s Gabrielle Knutson and upset the number 3 seeds. https://www.sasportspress.co.za/sa-tennis-glushko-lifts-both-trophies-at-wiphold-international-tournament

Israeli director Guy Nattiv and British actor Helen Mirren received a Dove Award from the Cinema for Peace Foundation for their joint work in the 2023 biopic “Golda,” in which Mirren stars as Golda Meir, the fourth prime minister of … Continue reading →

Although he retired in 2019 after 50 years of conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (see here previously), he has returned as guest conductor for eight concerts.  But be quick – the last one is on March 5. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/music/zubin-mehta-returns-to-israel-philharmonic-orchestra-for-eight-concerts/ar-BB1iBSvK https://www.ipo.co.il/en/program/zubin-mehta-conductor-pinchas-zukerman-violinist/?event_id=43593